Is This Guy Serious? Oh My God, He Is Serious!

29Jan/080

Michael Villani – One of the most ridiculous judges around!

Michael Villani - Is This Guy Serious?

I feel the need to preface this post by explaining that nobody at ITGS advocates feigned patriotism, or over the top gestures that may really be nothing more than marketing gimmicks disguised as patriotism. Unfortunately Las Vegas judge Michael Villani is helping to perpetuate the ridiculous idea that such gestures are acceptable by not allowing a Las Vegas car dealership to fly an oversized American flag on a gigantic pole at the dealership. Clark County District Court Judge Michael Villani ruled that he would not allow the dealership to fly the flag because he felt it was a marketing gimmick.

I am, of course, doing what all sorts of people are doing by posting the story in blogs and on news stories (I found it at www.foxnews.com), but had the judge simply allowed the flag to be flown nobody would even know what was going on. Now outlets like Fox News are going to report on it, the judge will be vilified in the public eye as Anti-American, and sales will undoubtedly increase because the judge feels it's the government's place to have restrictions on flags flying at car dealerships. Seriously, why bother meddling in crap like this? It's mystifying that we pay public officials to spend time on stuff like this!

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